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Trend Flash™ – Wanted Design

May 21, 2018 By Trend Staff -

Trend Flash is one of the exclusive benefits of being a Member of The Trend Curve’s subscriber family. Kim Cook, Editorial Correspondent, has been in New York for Wanted Design. Her top trends are below:

Color

  • Mineral hues sent color in a sophisticated direction
  • Ditto for woodsy types
  • Organic greens—forest, grass, seaweed, sprout—dug in
  • Yellow’s influence on brown made strides: butterscotch/caramel/toffee
  • Carmine red got noticed
  • It wasn’t Gen-Z chrome that rose, but mustard
  • Deep teals and peacock colors persisted

Materials and Textures

  • Concrete was everywhere: thrown, molded and scraped
  • Unrefined clays and volcanic-type materials heralded a “raw” trend
  • The market couldn’t get enough of copper
  • Unexpected materials and applications made knits and weaves newly compelling
  • Felt and wool were woven, manipulated into seating/lighting
  • Blackened steel, bronze across all décor categories, in both slim and heftier profiles
  • Whether blonde, dramatically dark or painted, woods had matte finishes

Icons and Patterns

  • Ripples and waves suggested moments caught in time
  • Tribal designs held strong, interpreted literally or tweaked for modernity
  • Marbleized/cellular/organic degradation motifs joined subtle nature patterns
  • Lighting continued to benefit from LED innovation, e.g., sandwiched between etched acrylic panels
  • LEDs, furniture with power sources blended ergonomics and connectivity as part of the ‘loungework’ ‘reso-mercial’ trend (We Work model)
  • Connectivity 2.0: cords were oversized/obvious (braided, colored) or flat profile/hidden

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